This group has discovered a new family of enzymes fatty acyl-AMP ligases that activate fatty acids as acyl adenylates. Further, they have demonstrated involvement of polyketide synthases in biosynthesis of complex Mycobacterium tuberculois lipids.

In skin biology program, a crucial role of IFNγ in downregulating melanogenesis process in melanocytes by controlling maturation of organelle melanosome has been delineated.